CONTRASTE / EQUILIBRIO
28th November – 20th December 2018
GARRIDO
Calle Serrano Anguita
Madrid, Spain
www.phoenixancientart.com
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Following the extraordinary success of the Classic exhibition at the Phoenix Ancient Art Gallery in Geneva, the exhibits will be traveling to Madrid and will be presented as Contraste / Equilibrio exhibition at GARRIDO gallery. A breath-taking array of ancient ceramic objects of metal, marble, Etruscan, Greek, will merge with a series of Spin paintings from 1997 by Damien Hirst and the most vanguard designs in metal furniture by GARRIDO. We would be delighted to invite you to share with us the delight of enjoying the conversation between the ancient and the contemporary.
Our aim, with this exhibition is to demonstrate that a merging point of the ancient and the contemporary exists, and that objects of precious archeological value can be displayed alongside exquisite art-furniture and cutting edge contemporary art, providing a balanced and aesthetically contrasting marriage.
Juan and Paloma Garrido, the second generation of silversmiths and owners of one of the most innovating studios of contemporary silver craftsmanship, develop their own creations inspired by pieces of archaeology and geometric objects. At the Classic you will see the finest example of the decorate art pieces by GARRIDO workshop, innovative in terms of design, functionality and finishes. GARRIDO’s abundance of different treatments of the surfaces; be it highly textured finish or high gloss, executed in plated gold or silver, evoke the works crafted by the goldsmith masters of the ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, developing metal objects in the fashion of what will be later called the Applied Arts.
Not only is there an interplay of aesthetic juxtaposition seen through out the exhibition, but you will also find links between the old and the new, through the use of related ancient goldsmith techniques, applied to both furniture and the objects. It is surprising how pieces of such contemporary and architectural design can be achieved through the use of these ancestral techniques that GARRIDO preserve in the crafting processes at their workshop, allowing for such exquisite quality of their finishes.
Exhibited along side the ancient and contemporary examples of exquisite metalwork you will find a series of playful Spin paintings produced by Damien Hirst from 1997 and developed with the most deliberate childish technique. Created with the circle templates and a recreation of the rotating machines found at the amusement parks, on which the colours are thrown. The highly colourful graphic aesthetic achieved in these circular compositions intend to enrich the exhibition with nods to urban and pop culture.